WORSHIP

Sunday 2nd January, 10:30am. BRUNCH CHURCH

As we join together for worship for the first time in 2022, we begin exploring the Living Hope we find through the resurrection of Jesus; as Christians we have a better hope that anything the world has to offer.

Sunday 9th January, 11am. ALL-AGE WORSHIP.

On this Covenant Sunday, The Salvation Army in the United Kingdom and Ireland Territory joins together to consider Being Together: Living in God' s Covenant. This is an opportunity to consider your personal commitment to God, renew your Soldier ' s Covenant, or make a new covenant with the Lord.

Sunday 16th January, 6pm. EVENING PRAISE.

We worship together as God' s people, we continue exploring the Living Hope; as part of this living hope, Christians are called to be holy before God—not just as individuals but as a church.

Sunday 23rd January, 11am. ALL-AGE WORSHIP.

Holiness and an assurance of the living hope will carry you through much suffering, for Christ suffered like you, and it is through him that hope is found.

Sunday 30th January, 12:30pm. CELEBRATION.

Join together for a bring-and-share lunch as we worship over food and conversation.

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As we look back on our worship in this last year there are many things to be grateful for:

We are back to worshipping together in our building; We are worshipping together in different ways, appealing to different interests and preferences; We are giving God the glory in all we do.

There are things, also, to mourn:

Some have not returned to worship with us in person since the pandemic hit. Specific names will come to your mind; some have moved on to other churches, others do not feel able to come out, and many have other reasons, so I invite you to pray for those individuals and families; Worship doesn't look how it used to - we do not have the band and songsters every Sunday, and we are only having one service on a Sunday - however, we must remember that all our lives are to be lived in worship to God: we do not have to be at the Army to worship the Lord.

Still, as we begin this new year, we look forward to the opportunity to continue worshipping together as God' s people. We may not know exactly what this will look like in the coming months, but we can continue to praise God together in different ways. And we continue streaming our worship online, reaching around 150 people every week; this is a great opportunity to share the gospel with others who might not otherwise have opportunity to worship.